Showhomes Closes Out 2020 With Strong Revenue, 5 New Signings and Momentum For Future Market Domination. Showhomes is the largest home staging franchise with 35 years in the business. Despite a challenging 2020, Showhomes played a major part in keeping the red-hot real estate market booming.
The Fastest Growing Franchise in the Real Estate Industry
- Are you tired of dealing with Corporate America and want a more satisfying lifestyle? Interested in a business with multiple revenue streams and steady demand?
- Do you love watching HGTV and going to Real Estate open houses just for fun?
- Do you have a flair for home decorating and interior design?
Showhomes is the largest national home staging franchise. We transform vacant houses – often seen by buyers as stale, lifeless, unappealing – into fully-furnished, inviting, valued Showhomes. Now in our third decade of service to homeowners and their realtors, we’ve become America’s premier home staging service coast-to-coast.
Why Home Staging
- “Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.”
– Barbara Corcoran, businesswoman and “Shark” investor on ABC’s Shark Tank. - A survey by Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp found that staged homes spent half the time on the market compared to non-staged homes and sold for more than 6 percent above the asking price.
- 81 percent of homebuyers say it is easier to visualize the property as a future home when it’s staged. (National Association of Realtors)
- 6 million existing homes were sold in 2019, according to data from the National Association of REALTORS®.
- Multiple Potential Revenue Streams – Our recession-resistant business model is a viable system in various market conditions. We have revenue streams that have potential in “hot” real estate markets and “soft” market conditions. Showhomes has continued to provide exceptional services to its clients for more than 30 years in every type of economic situation.
Four Niches in the Real Estate Market
Showhomes began in 1986 with the concept of helping home owners and their Realtors to sell vacant homes faster and for higher prices. We do this by offering a turn-key suite of services that involves whole-house furnishing, staging and design and live-in Home Managers that keep homes in show-to-sell condition.
We provide whole house furnishing and live-in Home Managers for vacant, upscale homes for sale. These homes are hard to sell vacant and are vulnerable to low-ball offers. We create an environment in the home that pushes emotional buttons and often results in list-price sales in a shorter amount of time.
Today Showhomes offers several new revenue sources. We offer traditional home staging for vacant homes, we offer home makeovers for occupied homes for sale, and interior design services for occupied homes not for sale. We now offer a much wider range of services to a broader market mix and our demand is higher than ever.
Enjoy Four Exciting Businesses in One Multi-Faceted Franchise Home Management, Home Staging, Home Makeovers & Interior Design Services
Home Staging With a Twist
Through our nationwide franchise network, Showhomes has helped over 25,000 homeowners and their realtors sell homes valued at over US$8 billion! Showhomes is one of the best kept secrets in the real estate industry according to The Travel Channel. The nationally franchised company started in 1986 and has had locations thrive in a wide range of market conditions. It is a business with excellent fundamentals, a great track record and tremendous potential. With total start-up costs starting at only US$43,000 we are one of the best values in franchising.
Ideal Candidate
- A leader with management experience desiring to build a team with delegating abilities
- Sales Skills: Adept at building long term relationships
- Financial Requirements: Minimum 700 Credit Score, Liquid Capital: $50,000 minimum, Minimum Net Worth: $100,000.
Fred Pierson talks about his decision to start a Showhomes franchise.
Shomehome's franchise owners discuss the franchise opportunity.
“Three years ago I left the corporate world and decided to focus on a business where we could build something for ourselves and utilize my passion for design and décor. In our search, we found Showhomes, which was a means for us to ramp up our business at an accelerated pace, while tapping into thirty years of experience and best practices in the industry.
“At Showhomes Triad, I am my own boss, have the flexibility I want, get to do what I love and am building an investment towards our future retirement. The family-like culture our network of talented and successful staging professionals has created is one of the best in the world.”
“At the end of the day, two things really seemed too important to ignore for us with Showhomes. The business model hit both our sweet spots to a ‘T’. We really had not visualized a business where a banker and a decorator would co-exist daily. One of the beautiful things about this model is that Janine takes care of the design side and I take care of the business side. We work together, but we are not in each other’s way every day.
“Further, once we completed our due diligence, it was apparent that Showhomes had a core of existing franchisees that treat each other as partners, almost like family. I had enough experience with other franchises to know this is not common. The franchisees at Showhomes don’t look at each other as competitors. It’s so important to love what you do, but also to have people you admire and respect to share ideas with; that’s a wonderful benefit.”
“We found out about Showhomes through our friends who owned the Tulsa Showhomes. We were able to receive personal insight about how good the franchise was and how relatable it can be to people. Also, we could cover the cost and I was able to use my creative gift of design and pursue my passion for home design/decor. Showhomes also provided us with the freedom and flexibility to run the business mostly from home. Jean really liked the business concept and that we could run the business from almost anywhere.
“We bought the franchise in July 2013 and since then, have doubled the business. We strongly feel that we are helping people with Showhomes. We are helping our clients sell their beautiful homes and helping our home managers live in nice homes for sometimes a third or less of the cost of what the rent would normally be, which gives them the time and opportunity to focus on areas of their lives that need their full and undivided attention.”
